Abstract
Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), open circuit potential (Eoc) measurements and angle-resolved X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (AR-XPS) were used to investigate the effect of exposure in air on the passivation of carbon steel electrodes in a neutral aerated glutarate solution. The electrochemical measurements showed that for native oxide films aged between 4 h and 120 h the passive films became increasingly more protective. Analysis of the XPS revealed a bilayer structure of the passive film (inner Fe(II)-rich, outer Fe oxyhydroxide), with increasing values of the Fe(III)/Fe(II) intensity ratio, and gave evidence that passivation was favored by progressively hydroxylated native oxide films.
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